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The Moon on Friday, August 29, 1941: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

First Quarter at

14:04UTC

Moon phase on August 29, 1941First Quarter

Friday 29 August 1941370,246 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 29, 1941, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.1% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
370,246 km230,060 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1941 is on Friday, September 5, 1941 at 17:36 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 22, 1941 at 18:34 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 22, 194118:34
First Quarter (this day)Friday, August 29, 194114:04
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 5, 194117:36

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Friday, August 29, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 1941 to the new moon of September 21, 1941, a cycle of 29.42 days.